ketoacidosis
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ketoacidosis (countable and uncountable, plural ketoacidoses)
- (biology, medicine) A severe form of ketosis, most commonly seen in diabetics, in which so much ketone is produced that acidosis occurs.
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severe form of ketosis
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- “ketoacidosis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.